Background
Vasily Ivanovich Shishkin was born circa 1780 in Ostrov village, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation.
Vasily Ivanovich Shishkin was born circa 1780 in Ostrov village, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation.
Since childhood Vasily Ivanovich took care of horses.
Vasily Ivanovich became an assistant to count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov in selection work. He was the manager of the Khrenovsky stud farm and the Chesma stud farm in Bobrovsky uyezd during 1811-1831. Since 1831 Vasily Ivanovich owned the Alekseevsky stud farm, where he continued to work on improving the Orlov Trotter breed. In 1845 he sold the plant to Nikolai Ivanovich Tulinov and Vasily Pavlovich Okhotnikov.
Vasily Ivanovich died in 1845 in Alekseyevsky villlage, Voronezh oblast, Russian Federation.